Louisiana Tech head football coach Skip Holtz has announced that Tony Petersen has been named the team’s new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

A record-setting quarterback at Marshall, Petersen joins the Louisiana Tech Family after serving as the co-offensive coordinator at Marshall for three seasons in the second of two stints at his alma mater. He comes to Ruston with over 20 years coaching experience at the NCAA Division I level.

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Shortstop Lain Kranz is one of the senior members of the Ruston High School baseball team who will be winding up his prep career this spring. The 2012 All-District 2-5A and All-Lincoln Parish member has earned an academic scholarship to Louisiana Tech University, where he plans to go out for the Bulldogs’ squad. Kranz has a 3.85 grade point average and an ACT score of 30. He’ll be in action for the Bearcats this week when play begins Thursday in the annual Trey Altick Classic.

Every few minutes or so, there would be the flash of a camera focusing in on a shiny trophy situated at various locations at the Squire Creek Golf and Country Club course on Wednesday.
For a while, the trophy sat atop the counter in the pro shop. Later, it would be held up by a passerby, curious as if this was the real thing.

Well, it was.

It was the Vince Lombardi Trophy, the one brought back to the state by the New Orleans Saints following their memorable march to a Super Bowl championship after the 2009 NFL season.